THE KIND OF NATION WE ARE

The Muslim World that President Obama is trying so hard to woo has referred to the United States as the "Great Satan." Many countries in Europe and non-Muslim countries in Asia and Africa see the U.S. in much the same light. On this 65th anniversary of D-Day, it is a befitting time to remind an ungrateful world of what we are really like. Rich Galen did exactly that in today’s Townhall.com by noting that:

At an event in Switzerland in 2002, Colin Powell was asked how he felt about the U.S. being referred to as the "Great Satan." Here was his response:

[F]ar from being the Great Satan, I would say that we are the Great Protector. We have sent men and women from the armed forces of the United States to other parts of the world throughout the past century to put down oppression.

We defeated Fascism. We defeated Communism. We saved Europe in World War I and World War II. We were willing to do it, glad to do it. We went to Korea. We went to Vietnam. All in the interest of preserving the rights of people.

And when all those conflicts were over, what did we do? Did we stay and conquer? Did we say, "Okay, we defeated Germany. Now Germany belongs to us? We defeated Japan, so Japan belongs to us"? No.

What did we do? We built them up. We gave them democratic systems which they have embraced totally to their soul. And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead.

And that is the kind of nation we are.